apraxia and agnosia

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Agnosia resulting form damage to either parietal lobe

Tactile

Agnosia resulting from damage to temporal-occipital lobe or either hemisphere

Visual

Agnosia resulting from damage to the temporal lobe in the dominant hemisphere

auditory

memory deficit for motor sequences affecting only upper limbs, although muscle and sensory function are intact.

Motor apraxia

inability to perform a motor act on command even though the patient understands the act and has muscle and sensory function; can perform spontaneious, simple, isolated acts but not complex acts, such as writing or dressing

Ideomotor apraxia

inability to perfrom activites automatically or on command

Ideational apraxia

inability to copy, draw, or construct designs in two or three dimensions on command or spontaneously

constructional apraxia

inability to dress self becuase of a disorder in body schema, unilateral neglect and or spatial relations